Taylor police shut down housing aid event as fighting breaks out in line

12:51 AM,
Jan. 13, 2013

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A chance to apply for a waiting list for housing assistance brought thousands of people to Taylor on Saturday morning, but police, seeking to maintain order, canceled the event as fighting broke out in line.

The event was scheduled for 9 a.m. at the Taylor Human Services building on Eureka, but the crowd had grown too massive by 7 a.m., according to John Carter, executive director of the Taylor Housing Commission, the group holding the event.

A line of people had formed by 5 a.m., but chaos erupted after a much-larger crowd showed up at 6 a.m. and tried to push its way to the front of the line, Carter ...